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they were supplied with boxes with holes in 

 the top and another box was set on top of the 

 other. If the colony became strong and the 

 lower box became crowded they would some- 

 times fill the upper one also, and that would 

 then be removed with little injury to the bees, 

 since they would usually have sufficient stores 

 below to keep them through the winter. 



It is easy to see that beekeeping could never 

 develop into a profitable enterprise under such 

 conditions. There are men still living who re- 

 member the time when it was thought that there 

 was no better way in which to keep bees. When 

 Langstroth invented the movable frame hive, 

 it resulted in the revolution of honey produc- 

 tion and the development of an industry, which 

 while yet in its infancy, adds millions to the 

 wealth of the commonwealth, and from which 

 many people derive their livelihood. 



Mr. Langstroth's invention provided a sep- 

 arate frame for each comb (Fig. 5) and led 



